The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that investors in Vinik's hedge fund – a principal source of his wealth – have asked to pull out around $1.5 billion after a period of poor performance. The withdrawal requests, increasingly common among hedge funds, amount to around 18 percent or just under $1 of every $5 invested of the roughly $8 billion that was run by Vinik Asset Management.

According to the Journal, the redemption requests come as Vinik, who rose to fame in the 1990s as the manager of Fidelity Investments' Magellan fund, has added a new investment team and moved from Boston to Tampa to be closer to the Lightning. "The moves have raised concerns in some quarters that Mr. Vinik, 54 years old, may have become less focused on investing, according to people familiar with the firm," the story states. That distraction may also influence Vinik's ongoing negotiations, now seemingly backburnered, to bid for Channelside Bay Plaza, as news of a new potential buyer surfaced last week.

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Negotiations between the port and bidder reached an impasse on some points last week, particularly over a request by the authority that Liberty/Convergent put at least $8 million in an escrow account to pay for planned renovations.

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In a statement last week following the impasse, Punit Shah of the Liberty group said: "While we have been frustrated by our interpretation of a complex and unique negotiation, we remain committed to and passionate about the Channelside Bay Plaza project."